x, 161 pages ; 24 cm

"In Coercing Virtue, former U.S. solicitor general and author Robert H. Bork examines the usurpation of representative government by judicial activism in the United States, Canada, Israel, and through new institutions of international law such as the International Criminal Court." "Bork's work examines the history of judicial review, from its beginnings as a tool to protect essential freedoms to its current role as a device used by judges to constrain the fundamental freedoms that constitutional governments were designed to protect. In the United States, the fundamental question for practitioners of the law has become not what the Constitution means - as defined by its text, history, and structure - but rather what judges will say about it." "Coercing Virtue follows the constitutional adventures of the United States Supreme Court and the rise of judicial activism in other Western nations and in international courts and forums."--BOOK JACKET

Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-151) and index

The permanent revolution. The internationalization of law. Human rights -- The use of armed force -- The United States. The first amendment : speech and religion -- Substantive due process -- Substantive equal protection and homosexuality -- Radical feminism -- Lifestyle socialism -- The illegitimacy of judicial activism -- Possible remedies for judicial activism -- Canada. Freedom of speech -- Religion -- Abortion -- Homosexuality -- Substantive due process in the guise of "fundamental justice" -- Israel. Interference with the workings of government -- Interference with national security -- Homosexuality -- Religion -- "The world is filled with law" -- Speech and expression -- "Dignity" -- Jewish and democratic values

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